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Annenberg Learner: Biography of America: Gustavus Swift and the Refrigerator Car

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This article provides an account of Gustavus Swift's development of the vertically integrated cattle industry through his use of the refrigerated rail car. From Industrial Supremacy, part of Annenberg Media's Biography of America.

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cattle business, meatpacking, railroad improvements, refrigerated rail car, vertically integrated company, annenberg foundation, annenberg learner: biography of america: gustavus swift and the refrigerator car, annenberg media, refrigerator rail car
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)